Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zobah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Brital.

First appears in 1 Samuel 14:47 · 5 books · 9 chapters

Overview

Biblical region. Modern identification: Brital.

Zobah is represented in the local geography layer as Brital. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Samuel 14:47 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 14 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 49 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 143 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 151 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 158 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 205 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zobah today

Travel to Zobah, the modern-day Brital.

Zobah is commonly identified with Brital, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Zobah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Brital

Zobah

33.935°N · 36.151°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

3 chapters · 6 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

3 chapters · 4 verse mentions

1 Kings

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Psalms

1 chapter · 1 verse mention